With Lenin and his Communist Party successors inextricably linked to food shortages, repression and millions of deaths, government-sanctioned celebrations of the revolution's anniversary have been kept low key. Danill Zemlyanoy, 23, Communist Party member, says he feels a connection to the 1917 revolution. Zemlyanoy is second deputy of Moscow's local Communist Party, which he says has about 12,000 members across the city. Split personalityStill, Russia's Communist Party is clearly wrestling with something of a split personality, loosely divided along generational lines. Traditional Russian dancers perform at a celebration of the Russian Communist Party.

Source: CBC News November 07, 2017 15:56 UTC